Pre-Made Panel for Tiled Walls

ABSTRACT

A Pre-Made Panel of Tiles making tile wall installations fast and easy. The Pre-Made Panel of Tiles can be installed by installers without tile expertise. The pre-designed tile panels make for easier selections for the consumers in that they can see them already set and the combinations of tiles and accents put together to create a pre-designed layout. 
     The Pre-Made Panels of Tiles get installed in large panels that can be joined to each other to expand the area of coverage. The Pre-Made Panel of Tiles are perfect for kitchen backsplash areas and shower or wainscot walls. The Pre-Made Panel of Tiles can be installed directly to studs or over existing wall materials and attached with adhesives and/or screws. The Panels can be connected to each other to cover additional surface areas and then grouted or caulked at the seams.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

I hereby claim benefit under Title 35, United States Code, Section119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/851,908 filedMar. 15, 2013. The 61/851,908 application is currently pending. The61/851,908 application is hereby incorporated by reference into thisapplication.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

Not applicable to this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to tiled walls pre-installed onlightweight rigid backer material and more specifically it relates to apre-made panel of tiled walls used for kitchen backsplash and showers,making it an easier installation of tile and related products andaccents, thus saving time and money while providing better quality. Italso allows persons without tile experience to install this tile system.

2. Description of the Related Art

It can be appreciated that wall tiles, accents and backers have been inuse for years. Typically, wall tiles, accents and backers are comprisedof ceramic, porcelain and stone tiles, accents, liners, glass, metalaccents, cement board, thinset mortar, and grout.

The main problem with conventional wall tiles, accents and backers arethe time, expertise and skill level required to install custom work onevery jobsite which can include huge amounts of time, human effort,expertise and numerous saw cuts, plus time waiting for each step to curecompletely before advancing to the next stage of the work.

Another problem with conventional wall tiles, accents and backers areDrive Time associated with doing each phase of the work required.Another problem with conventional wall tiles, accents and backers aretime delays in schedules of other trades if work takes longer thanexpected or a workman fails to perform the work on time or fails to showup for work at any stage of the work.

While these devices may be suitable for the particular purpose to whichthey address, they are not suitable for easier installation of tile andrelated products and accents, thus saving time and money while providingbetter quality. The main problem with conventional wall tiles, accentsand backers are the time, expertise and skill level required to installcustom work on every jobsite which can include huge amounts of time,human effort, expertise and numerous saw cuts, plus time waiting foreach step to cure completely before advancing to the next stage of thework. Another problem with conventional wall tiles, accents and backersare Drive Time associated with doing each phase of the work required.Another problem with conventional wall tiles, accents and backers aretime delays in schedules of other trades if work takes longer thanexpected or a workman fails to perform the work on time or fails to showup for work at any stage of the work.

In these respects, the pre-made panel for tiled walls according topresent invention substantially departs from the conventional conceptsand designs of the prior art and in doing so provides an apparatusprimarily developed for the purpose of easier installation of tile andrelated products and accents, thus saving time and money while providingbetter quality.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types ofwall tiles, accents and backers now present in the prior art, thepresent invention provides a new pre-made panel for tiled wallsconstruction wherein the same can be utilized for easier installation oftile and related products, accents and backers, thus saving time andmoney while providing a better quality.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be describedsubsequently in detail, is to provide a new pre-made panel for tiledwalls that has many of the wall tiles, accents and backers mentionedheretofore and many novel features that result in a new pre-made panelfor tiled walls which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested,or even implied by any of the prior art wall tiles, accents and backerseither alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises tile products,accents and liners, glass and metals, adhesives and mortars, backerboard, fasteners and sealers.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the invention in order that the detailed description thereofmay be better understood, and in order that the present contribution tothe art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of theinvention that will be described hereinafter.

In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of theinvention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited in its application to the details of construction and to thearrangements of the components set forth in the following description orillustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of otherembodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways.Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminologyemployed herein are for the purpose of the description and should not beregarded as limiting.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a pre-made panelof tiled walls that will overcome the shortcomings of the prior artdevices. Basically tile and accents are pre-installed with adhesives ona backer board, grouted and ready to install as a large sheet directlyto a wall or straight to studs.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pre-made panel fortiled walls for easier installation of tile and related products andaccents, thus saving time and money while providing better quality.

Another object is to provide a pre-made panel of tiled walls that iseasy to install and can be performed by someone with less experience inthe tile trade.

Another object is to provide pre-made panel for tiled walls that willinstall and be completed in less time, regardless of the intricacies ofthe design.

Another object is to provide a pre-made panel of tiled walls that can beinstalled by countertop installers, which may be unskilled and untrainedin tile work and the work can be done immediately after setting thecountertops, eliminating the time of scheduling a second tradesman andthe coordination thereof.

Another object is to provide a pre-made panel of tiled walls that can beinstalled in less than one day allowing other trades to do their work ontop of it or to be used immediately after installing without waiting fordays or weeks like the traditional install method.

Another object is to provide a pre-made panel for tiled walls thatcustomers can see and choose their tile design prior to being installedin their home.

Another object is to provide a pre-made panel for tiled walls that makessales easier by having a uniquely differentiated product offering ofpre-finished and pre-designed tile walls.

Another object is to provide a pre-made panel for tiled walls that savetime, effort and money by eliminating drive time and many returns tojobsites by creating these items pre-finished in assembly line fashionin a factory instead of custom done on a jobsite

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeobvious to the reader and it is intended that these objects andadvantages are within the scope of the present invention.

To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, this inventionmay be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings,attention being called to the fact, however that the drawings areillustrative only, and that changes may be made in the specificconstruction illustrated.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various other objects, features and attendant advantages of the presentinvention will become fully appreciated as the same becomes betterunderstood when considered in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters designate the same orsimilar parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention

FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of the 4 embodiments of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the layers of components

FIG. 4 illustrates the connecting of multiple panels to expand thesurface coverage

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of attachment of the present invention to aWall.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Overview

Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar referencecharacters denote similar elements throughout the several views,

FIG. 1 illustrates a Pre-Made Panel of Tiles, 4 that can be placedtogether to cover more surface area, 5 and installed with an tube typeof adhesive to the stud walls or any existing wall materials, for a fastand easy tiled wall. 3 The tiles will be pre-installed to a lightweightbacker suitable for tile with an adhesive suitable for tile.

Assembly

FIG. 2 Shows the 8 backer, the 7 mortar or glue, 6 tiles and the 5 groutembodiments comprised in this invention and how they come together tocreate a Pre-Made Panel of Tiles which is ready to be placed on a wall.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exploded side view of the 9 backer, 10 mortar orglue, 11 tile, 12 grout.

Installation

FIG. 5 illustrates the 16 Pre-Made Panels of Tile being installed with14 adhesive to 15 stud walls. Wall sub-materials can be either direct tothe studs or to any existing wall materials like drywall, or tile.

FIG. 4 illustrates how the 13 Pre-Made Panels of Tiles can be puttogether to cover larger surface areas.

The present invention should not be limited to the installations asshown in the drawings.

As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and installation ofthe present invention, the same should be apparent from the abovedescription. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the mannerof usage and operation will be provided.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, toinclude variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and mannerof operation, assembly and use, are deemed to be within the expertise ofthose skilled in the art, and all equivalent structural variations andrelationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in thespecification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of theinvention.

I claim:
 1. A pre-made panel of tiled walls for installation inbuildings comprising: A ridged backer material suitable for tile; Anadhesive suitable for attaching the tile to the backer board Tileattached to the backer board with the adhesive The pre-made panel oftiled walls with Grout in the joints of the tiles The pre-made panel oftiled walls with Grout in the joints of the tiles that can be flexible Apre-made panel of tiled walls where An adhesive attaching the tile tothe backer board that could be flexible A pre-made panel of tiled wallswhere A ridged backer material suitable for tile that could be lightweight A pre-made panel of tiled walls with Tile of various materials Apre-made panel of tiled walls with Tile of various shapes A pre-madepanel of tiled walls with Tile of various designs